name: Offensive Life Orb
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Grassy Glide
move 3: Wood Hammer
move 4: High Horsepower / Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 76 HP / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Rillaboom serves as an excellent Fake Out and priority user in 2v2 Doubles, threatening to OHKO popular Pokemon like Regieleki and Urshifu-R with Grassy Glide. Grassy Terrain boosts Rillaboom's Grass type moves and gives Grassy Glide priority. Fake Out is a must-have on Rillaboom, as it can disable an opposing Pokemon for the first turn, either flinching them or forcing them to use protect. Wood Hammer is an incredibly powerful move that can OHKO almost any non-Grass-type resists, among the likes of
. Grassy glide is rillaboom's most threatening move, as it is easily the strongest priority in the tier and scares off common pokemon like urshifu-rapid-strike in team preview. High horsepower is valuable coverage that can threaten pokemon like naganadel and heatran when rillaboom is under tailwind, as well as doing valuable damage to incineroar. Protect is useful to get around a pokemon threatening to OHKO rillaboom, by making them waste a turn attacking rillaboom and then killing them with rillaboom's partner. However, using protect means rillaboom can't threaten opposing pokemon with a grassy glide, which it usually prefers to do. Life orb increases rillaboom's damage output and allows it to OHKO urshifu-rapid-strike with grassy glide. Rillaboom's speed lets it outspeed adamant dracovish, with 252 attack to maximize damage and the rest of evs poured into hp.
Rillaboom best benefits from pokemon that synergize with rillaboom's grass typing, as rillaboom's biggest issue is being largely unable to damage common grass resistances like kyurem-black and genesect. As a result, rillaboom benefits well from fire and water type pokemon, that benefit from rillaboom removing urshifu-rapid-strike/regieleki, and help rillaboom better deal with checks like genesect or incineroar. Urshifu-rapid-strike notably synergizes well with rillaboom, as it can make the most of rillaboom's fake out with its ability unseen fist, benefits from rillaboom pressuring regieleki/zeraora, and removes pokemon rillaboom dislikes like incineroar or kyurem-black. Tornadus also works well with rillaboom, as it effectively removes genesect and provides tailwind for rillaboom, and appreciates rillaboom's ability to OHKO regieleki.
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Grassy Glide
move 3: Wood Hammer
move 4: High Horsepower
item: Assault Vest
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 80 Atk / 60 Def / 60 SpD / 56 Spe
Assault vest rillaboom is a valuable alternative to life orb rillaboom, trading offensive power for more longevity, letting it make use of the harder hitting wood hammer more often. Assault vest rillaboom lives a naganadel's sludge wave and special-attacking kyurem-black's ice beam, serving as a semi-effective lure for both, and notably has a better rain matchup, dealing better with kingdra. Fake out like always is amazing support, disabling an opposing pokemon for a turn. Wood hammer is a powerful move, and likely OHKO's most pokemon that do not resist grass. Grassy glide puts offensive pressure on opposing pokemon, able to finish off pokemon or do some damage before rillaboom dies. High horsepower is good coverage for rillaboom, threatening the likes of naganadel, heatran, and incineroar. Rillaboom's ev spread allows it to live a helping hand boosted life orb modest kingdra's hurricane, 3 adamant kyurem-black icicle spear hits, and outspeed fast adamant incineroar, dumping the rest of the evs into attack for maximized damage.
Assault vest rillaboom will have similar partners to life orb rillaboom, as it serves largely the same role. Pokemon like urshifu-rapid-strike that deal with fire types, kyurem black, and ferrothorn, as well as take advantage of rillaboom's offensive support are great partners to have. Since rillaboom loses kills with grassy glide without a life orb, assault vest rillaboom prefers bulkier partners who are less afraid of regieleki or urshifu, and can remove threats to rillaboom like genesect or celesteela, like victini.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Level 99 minimum speed rillaboom can be used to underspeed indeedee-f to nearly guarantee grassy glide being put up, while still being incredibly threatening with grassy glide. Iron ball rillaboom can be used in niche circumstances to underspeed an opposing level 99 indeedee-f, but is generally recommended against.
Checks and Counters
===================
Steel types: Rillaboom is largely unable to threaten steel type pokemon, as neither grassy glide or wood hammer will do much damage to them. Genesect, Celesteela, and Heatran all notably have secondary stabs that are super effective against rillaboom, and can threaten to OHKO it.
Fire types: Fire type pokemon resist rillaboom's stab and can easily OHKO rillaboom, limiting its effectiveness within a game.
Naganadel: Naganadel resists grassy glide and can threaten rillaboom with sludge wave, but rillaboom can somewhat lure naganadel with assault vest and high horsepower.
Indeedee-F: Indeedee threatens to replace rillaboom's grassy terrain with its own psychic terrain, stopping rillaboom from being able to use fake out or grassy glide which are its two best moves.
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move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Grassy Glide
move 3: Wood Hammer
move 4: High Horsepower / Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 76 HP / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Rillaboom serves as an excellent Fake Out and priority user in 2v2 Doubles, threatening to OHKO popular Pokemon like Regieleki and Urshifu-R with Grassy Glide. Grassy Terrain boosts Rillaboom's Grass type moves and gives Grassy Glide priority. Fake Out is a must-have on Rillaboom, as it can disable an opposing Pokemon for the first turn, either flinching them or forcing them to use protect. Wood Hammer is an incredibly powerful move that can OHKO almost any non-Grass-type resists, among the likes of
. Grassy glide is rillaboom's most threatening move, as it is easily the strongest priority in the tier and scares off common pokemon like urshifu-rapid-strike in team preview. High horsepower is valuable coverage that can threaten pokemon like naganadel and heatran when rillaboom is under tailwind, as well as doing valuable damage to incineroar. Protect is useful to get around a pokemon threatening to OHKO rillaboom, by making them waste a turn attacking rillaboom and then killing them with rillaboom's partner. However, using protect means rillaboom can't threaten opposing pokemon with a grassy glide, which it usually prefers to do. Life orb increases rillaboom's damage output and allows it to OHKO urshifu-rapid-strike with grassy glide. Rillaboom's speed lets it outspeed adamant dracovish, with 252 attack to maximize damage and the rest of evs poured into hp.
Rillaboom best benefits from pokemon that synergize with rillaboom's grass typing, as rillaboom's biggest issue is being largely unable to damage common grass resistances like kyurem-black and genesect. As a result, rillaboom benefits well from fire and water type pokemon, that benefit from rillaboom removing urshifu-rapid-strike/regieleki, and help rillaboom better deal with checks like genesect or incineroar. Urshifu-rapid-strike notably synergizes well with rillaboom, as it can make the most of rillaboom's fake out with its ability unseen fist, benefits from rillaboom pressuring regieleki/zeraora, and removes pokemon rillaboom dislikes like incineroar or kyurem-black. Tornadus also works well with rillaboom, as it effectively removes genesect and provides tailwind for rillaboom, and appreciates rillaboom's ability to OHKO regieleki.
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Grassy Glide
move 3: Wood Hammer
move 4: High Horsepower
item: Assault Vest
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 80 Atk / 60 Def / 60 SpD / 56 Spe
Assault vest rillaboom is a valuable alternative to life orb rillaboom, trading offensive power for more longevity, letting it make use of the harder hitting wood hammer more often. Assault vest rillaboom lives a naganadel's sludge wave and special-attacking kyurem-black's ice beam, serving as a semi-effective lure for both, and notably has a better rain matchup, dealing better with kingdra. Fake out like always is amazing support, disabling an opposing pokemon for a turn. Wood hammer is a powerful move, and likely OHKO's most pokemon that do not resist grass. Grassy glide puts offensive pressure on opposing pokemon, able to finish off pokemon or do some damage before rillaboom dies. High horsepower is good coverage for rillaboom, threatening the likes of naganadel, heatran, and incineroar. Rillaboom's ev spread allows it to live a helping hand boosted life orb modest kingdra's hurricane, 3 adamant kyurem-black icicle spear hits, and outspeed fast adamant incineroar, dumping the rest of the evs into attack for maximized damage.
Assault vest rillaboom will have similar partners to life orb rillaboom, as it serves largely the same role. Pokemon like urshifu-rapid-strike that deal with fire types, kyurem black, and ferrothorn, as well as take advantage of rillaboom's offensive support are great partners to have. Since rillaboom loses kills with grassy glide without a life orb, assault vest rillaboom prefers bulkier partners who are less afraid of regieleki or urshifu, and can remove threats to rillaboom like genesect or celesteela, like victini.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Level 99 minimum speed rillaboom can be used to underspeed indeedee-f to nearly guarantee grassy glide being put up, while still being incredibly threatening with grassy glide. Iron ball rillaboom can be used in niche circumstances to underspeed an opposing level 99 indeedee-f, but is generally recommended against.
Checks and Counters
===================
Steel types: Rillaboom is largely unable to threaten steel type pokemon, as neither grassy glide or wood hammer will do much damage to them. Genesect, Celesteela, and Heatran all notably have secondary stabs that are super effective against rillaboom, and can threaten to OHKO it.
Fire types: Fire type pokemon resist rillaboom's stab and can easily OHKO rillaboom, limiting its effectiveness within a game.
Naganadel: Naganadel resists grassy glide and can threaten rillaboom with sludge wave, but rillaboom can somewhat lure naganadel with assault vest and high horsepower.
Indeedee-F: Indeedee threatens to replace rillaboom's grassy terrain with its own psychic terrain, stopping rillaboom from being able to use fake out or grassy glide which are its two best moves.
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- Written by: [[adam3560, 541106]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
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